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A notorious African city, infamous for its piratical tenancies and attacking the last northern forts of the Zagwan empire. The city was immobilised when Madzimoyo Khora attacked the city against orders, using the gunship Mokele-Mbembe to cripple the predator's tracks and engine district.

A nine-tiered Traction City that roamed the deserts in the northern-half of Africa. It originated from Libya. The city was one of many to migrate to celebrate the Thin Moon Festival. During the Green Stormattack onBrighton, Benghazi and Kom Ombo were attacked by tumblers. It is unknown if Benghazi survived this bombardment.

A French city which specialised in wine making: the upper tiers were covered in vineyards, and in the lower tiers lay great treading, fermenting and bottling bays. Notable also in that while it made tempting prey, few cites tried to eat it - either they were fearful of incurring the wrath of the hunting ground's many wine connoisseurs, or the strong fug of alcohol fumes that follows Bordeaux-Mobile left the pursuers hopelessly intoxicated before they could close the distance.

One of the first Traction Cities, and a fierce competitor with London, Paris and Hamsterdam in the resource wars that accompanied the Second Traction Boom. Toward the end of the Traction Era Bremen went back to war, this time as one of the fighting cities of of the Traktionstadtsgesellschaft.

An Egyptian city which roamed the northern half of Africa. It was designed like a pyramid, with a noseless Sphinx on the bow, and had an extensive pipe network that was used when hunting in rainy regions to the far south. Fishcake reassembled the Stalker Fang while hiding in the pipes, scavenging parts from the souks of the lower level.

Described as the fastest Traction City ever built; houses were jammed in between pistons and drive shafts, as the engine district took up 90% of the city's bulk. Did not participate in Municipal Darwinism as it possessed no jaws and constantly drove too fast to maneuver after smaller towns. It was eaten by London around the late 900s TE, after running out of fuel.

A German-speaking city seen in A Darkling Plain. It is a member of the Traktionstadtsgesellschaft. During the last battle of the Green Storm war, Darmstadt was bogged down in the Rustwater Marshes while moving into battle against the Green Storm. Likely destroyed by ODIN.

A German-speaking quasi-conurbation formed from a group of towns which came together around 1005 TE; by 1012 they were all linked together by bridges and walkways but had yet to form a single larger hull and chassis akin to that of Panzerstadt-Bayreuth. Noted as the only conurbation in the Traktionstadtsgesellschaft, it advanced into the Rustwater Marshes alongside Darmstadt at the end of the war. Likely destroyed by ODIN.

A raft city, Dun Laoghaire was the original hometown of Orla Twombley, who escaped it after her her parents wanted her to take on the family business and get married. It is likely Irish, being named after a real-life suburb of Dublin.

A Traction city from Caledon. The original city was destroyed prior to the Traction Era but by 400 TE it had been rebuilt, a few miles south of the original site, under the name Dinburgh. When London mobilized in circa 420 TE, Dinburgh was quick to follow.

It became known as a major 'arty' city. It was still mobile, having reverted to its original name, as of Cynthia Twite's parents' migration to Shan Guo.

Regarded as a dominant city in the Tractionist portion of the Indian subcontinent. Its secondary name is the "City of Shrines" as its outer flanks and decks were coated with shrines, idols and temples.

A nine-tiered Egyptian Traction City which traversed the Sahara desert. Its upper tiers were festooned with the domes of mosques and it possessed huge hoses for the accumulation of seawater, feeding desalination plants on the lower tiers to produce fresh water - a valuable commodity in the arid African Interior. It was one of many cities celebrating the Thin Moon Festival at the time of the Battle of Brighton, where it came under attack alongside Benghazi. It survived this attack, as Tom Natsworthy and Theo Ngoni subsequently visited it.

Mentioned in the Traction Codex as a town that attempted to follow Airhaven in the act of becoming a air-borne town. However, it can be concluded that Kipperhawk was destroyed at some point before 1000 TE (approximately 7 years before the series begins) due to drifting into volcanic ash-clouds, crashing, or fighting between Anti-Tractionist and Tractionist Aviators that resulted in fires.

A Frankish-speaking raft city, Marseilles was one of the older aquatic Traction towns, having mobilised in the Second Boom and fought against the Zagwan deluge. It is notable in its own eyes and annoyingly to other cities for ramming and destroying the pontoon bridge the Zagwans had built over the Pillars of Hercules.

Marseilles was destroyed in 986 TE. The city had planned to invade the Hundred Islands in the Pacific Ocean to exploit the islands' resources and labour but it was sunk by Anti-Tractionist agent Anna Fang.

A city of comparable age to London, originally mobilizing during the Second Boom. It prospered during the middle Traction Era, rising to sixteen tiers, but was hit proportionately hard by the end of the Golden Age. Due to mismanagement of fuel and an ill-conceived final chase, Motoropolis starved in 1007 TE; the abandoned city was observed being devoured by scavenger towns by the crew of the Jenny Haniver during the events of Mortal Engines.

A three tiered Slavic-speaking city which roamed the northern Ice Wastes, appearing briefly in Predator's Gold. While pursued by three Green Storm Murasaki Fox Spirits, Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw attempted to gain permission to land at Novaya-Nizhni's air harbour. However, the Harbour Board denied them sanctuary since they did not want conflict with the Green Storm. In the ensuing pursuit, one of the Fox Spirits collided with a cluster of pillars and elevator shafts, killing the crew onboard.

A Russian-speaking city originating from southwestern Siberia. The city was one of many to be destroyed by the Green Storm during the Green Storm War. General Naga lost the use of his legs from in the Air-Siege of Omsk.

This city's claim to fame was its unusual locomotive system, with the entire residential area suspended in a giant monowheel, fitted with rocket engines to achieve short bursts of extreme speed during chases and suchlike. Although built in the European Hunting Ground, Panjandrum introduced the concept of the Traction City to the Indian subcontinent after accidentally rocketing over a mountain range.

Another of the Traktionstadtsgesellschaft members, destroyed by ODIN. The Tractionists blamed its destruction among others on the Green Storm, as they didn't know that the Stalker Fang was controlling ODIN for her own ends.

A city of Swiss origin, ruled by mayor Von Newmann during the Green Storm War. In its sole appearance in A Darkling Plain it is described as an "armoured hulk" performing sentry duty for a Traktionstadtsgesellschaft army. Green Storm forces destroyed the city during the final battle of the war.

A raft city of oriental origin; it may be based on Hong Kong, whose name translates to "fragrant harbour". It was the site of the Green Storm's attack on the Cygnet Committee during the time Orla Twombley was working aboard the airship. The top of the city is described as a "faeryland" to incoming travellers with hundreds of beautifully maintained pagodas breaking through a cloud layer. The reality is less savoury: the cloud layer is in fact the city's engine exhaust and it smothers the cramped housing district below reducing streets to "dank alleyways". It hosted a competitive airship race known as the Austral Air-rally.

Perfume Harbour would have appeared in the cancelled graphic novel The Haunted Sky, where Anna Fang and other aviators from around the world gather there for an air race.

A raft city in the Pacific ocean, known for its incredible party atmosphere - so much so that the conga has to be banned by law on the top tier for the sake of the temples. Puerto Angeles places a heavy emphasis on history and possesses extensive historical archives to rival even London's, notable artifacts being the Soapstone of Rio and the complete works of Shakespeare.

Katherine Valentine lived with her mother in Puerto Angeles for the first part of her life; when her mother died Katherine subsequently moved to London to live with her father.

Puerto Angeles declared neutrality when the Green Storm War began, but it took severe damage during the Battle of the Bay of Bengal; this was a result of Green Storm aviators mistaking it for Perfume Harbour. Puerto Angeles was finally destroyed by Green Storm hydrofoils a few months after this battle, sinking in the Sulu Sea.

A raft city mentioned in Predator's Gold. It is speculated that its library once held a map of the American coastal region known as Vinland, which was stolen by the Lost Boys before ending up in Anchorage. The raft city is also known as the birthplace of the air pirate Red Loki who burned a considerable part of it with his airship, the Anger Management Issues. in 998 TE it beached itself for repairs and was eaten by Wolverinehampton.

Once a single city renowned for its restaurants that split apart after a civil war broke out from debates over the correct way to serve steak; the two cities maintain a bitter rivalry. San Juan is known for its tapas. St Jean is the pickier of the two, often found chasing prey that has a supply of a specific ingredient its chefs can use. St Jean is ruled by culinary dynasties, with the status of a dynasty being determined by the size of the cylindrical white hats that the dynasty's members wear.

A traction city that roams the deserts of Australia. It is described as having the Sydney Opera House balanced on the top tier at a 'jaunty angle'. Another interesting feature, apparently shared with other Australian land-traction cities, is a collection of giant corks hanging by chains of the edges of tiers, allegedly to swat off Anti-Tractionist airships that reside in the Blue Mountains.

It was set to appear in the unreleased comic The Haunted Sky, where aviators from across the globe would travel there in order to participate in an airship race.

A German-speaking city that appears in A Darkling Plain. The Traktionstadtsgesellschaft was created when burgermeister Krause, the ruler of the city during the beginning of the Green Storm War, contacted twelve other cities about fighting to preserve the Tractionist lifestyle. It survived until the end of the war but naturally was a prime target for The Stalker Fang and in the final battle it was destroyed by ODIN.

One of the first Traction Cities, Ulp was originally a small town. Ulp fought during the war between the Traction Cities and the Zagwan Empire, earning fame during these conflicts. The city would eventually call the 'Great Diet' in TE 520, a month-long conference between the great Cities of the time that would set out the basic principles of the modern Municipal Darwinism system.

Ulp was the first City to be devoured under these new rules, finally being caught and consumed by London after a two-week chase than concluded when Ulp's engines melted.

One of the former suburbs of London; like many suburbs it ended up abandoning its parent andstrikign out on its own, but didn't become a pirate town like its sibling Tunbridge Wheels. It was eventually eaten by Motoropolis in 867 TE after the entire population was found dead in a lower-deck warehouse, murdered by unknown assailants.

A scavenger-platform which appears in A Darkling Plain when it is seen eating the wreckage of Cloud Nine. Hester kills the sheikh of El Houl and buys a sand-ship before fleeing into the desert with Shrike.

Mentioned in the Traction Codex as a town that attempted to follow Airhaven in the act of becoming a air-borne town. However, it is stated that Kipperhawk was destroyed at some point before 1000 TE (approximately 7 years before the series begins) due to drifting into volcanic ash-clouds, crashing, or fighting between Anti-Tractionist and Tractionist Aviators that resulted in fires.

A northern Ice Town mentioned in Predator's Gold. When discussing the danger to Anchorage posed by extreme weather, Windolene Pye brought up the example of Skraelingshaven which was destroyed when it was flipped over in a storm.

Mentioned in the Traction Codex as a town that attempted to follow Airhaven in the act of becoming a air-borne town. However, it is stated that Stratosphereham was destroyed at some point before 1000 TE (approximately 7 years before the series begins) due to drifting into volcanic ash-clouds, crashing, or fighting between Anti-Tractionist and Tractionist Aviators that resulted in fires.

A Scavenger Platform that roams the Great Hunting Ground, mentioned in Mortal Engines. When Shrike rescued and adopted Hester Shaw, they lived together aboard Strole. When Shrike and Hester were separated, Hester left Strole under unknown circumstances, eventually ending up aboard Salthook. Chrysler Peavey's own Scavenger town had encountered Strole a few times, before Tunbridge Wheels ate the latter.

A small fat-mining town that mobilised presumably in the third traction boom. Like other fat miners the town scooped up a large fatberg and used it as a source of fuel, illumination oil and particularly lubricant to slide along the ground. It is unknown what happened to Swindon when fatbergs were mined to extinction but it is presumed eaten or now static.

A small industrial town which claims a long history, from a pre-Sixty Minute War manufacturing facility through the era of the nomad empires to becoming a Traction town during the Second Traction Boom. The bugs produced by this town are highly sought after and favoured as a status symbol abroad larger towns and cities.